Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-08-12

blood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tisdale, of N. Y, botf
injured. but the latter internally. Boil
were taken to Charlottesville.
August Knaup, Of Baltimore, lip badly
cut
Mrs. ]. L. O'Neil, of .Crozet, slightly
cut on shoulder
There were others wounded, but very
slightly.
INTERVIEW WITH A sTAUNTON LADY
PASSENGER.
Miss Carrie Tipping, of StauntOn. who
was in the wreck and whose shoulder was
dislocated, was brought home the next
day on the first train. K representative
of this paper who called on her to get an
account of the accident found her still
suffering from the nervous shock. AT
his request she kindly gave the following
statement of the accident
1t was the first time L had ever travelled
alone and [ took the train to spend some
of my vacation with friends at Rapidan.
There were two passenger cars and two
sleepers. The ladies' Car was full, there
being, think, about 40 in 1t, and it SEEM
ed to me that most Of them were great big
men, the rest being ladies and children
Not child was hurt. The train was run
ming terribly fast and the cinders from the
engine were rattling against the windows
of the car like hail. Just this side of
Greenwood tunnel the ladies' Car jumped
from the track and rolled over and over
down the mountain side till 1t came to a
large tree which stopped it. The trees, as
we rolled over them, broke the window
glass in. The people inside were thrown
over each other like balls. One great big
man came rushing over me and then was
thrown back again. When we stopped
against the tree, climbed out of the win
dow as many others did who were able to
do so. The wounded who could not help
themselves were dragged out by others,
laid on car-seats in a freight-car and
moved down to Greenwood. My arm was
dislocated and got lady to pull it into
place; also received a cut on my arm.
There were two doctors there in five
minutes after the accident. At Greenwood
the crowd was so large that there was not
enough rooms Or bed clothing to accom-
modate us, but was fortunate enough to
get into raom with some girls l knew
who were there. When we got out of the
Car you could not tell whether we were
white people or black people; the dirt in
the car had made US all black. 1t became
locsened, suppose, by the violence of the
conclusion. Ali of US lost almost every
thing we carried. lost my hat and some
bundles I had with me and had to borrow
hat to come home in. There was bridal
couple sitting in the seat in the car before
me. The bride wore aslight dress and a
hat trimmed with pink. They had just
opened their lunch to eat it moment be-
fore the wreck. But she looked like all
the rest of us after the wreck. The people
at Greenwood showed US the greatest
kindness and did everything for us it was
possible to do. The wreck was all over in
a moment and there isn't much to tell
about tit was SO quick.
INTERVIEW WITH. A STANTON
PASSENGER.
A representative of this paper inter-
viewed Mr.. John Bear Of this city, son of
Mr.. Christian Bear of Churchville, who
had his collar bone dislocated. Mr.. Bear
kindly gave him the following statement:
took the train for Richmond, having
under my charge Miss A. Martin of
Waynesboro. After passing Alton where
the down grade commences, the train was
going at fearful rate. We were going
around a sharp curve where the cars Ca
reened so much to the left that I thought
they would turn over in that direction.
It was when the cars turned to the right
again to go to the tunnel that our car left
Eerails. 1t was exactly $50 P. M, for l
had just that moment looked at nay watch
and put it back in my pocket. 1 felt the
Car strike the cross ties, and then [ lost
consciousness. Some of the railroad men
say that the car did not turn over but it
must have done so for have a large lump
right on the top OF my head and my Shout
der is hurt. There was general rush it
it seemed to me when we went down. When
we got out of the car we were all in the
brush. A man named O'Neil got out
of the sleeper and into our car at
Staunton with his wife. She Was badly
hurt. The ladies from Greenwood and
the neighborhood are the noblest l
ever saw. They gave up their beds to the
wounded. They came up to the wreck
with camphor bottles and whiskey, and
bandages almost before we got out. saw
a large, fine looking man who had his up
per lip cut so badly chat it seemed to me
it was off. Just in front of me In the
car was young Joe Lickliter. He went
down with us but wasn't hurt, and [ saw
him afterwards unhurt, with the wounded
who were being sent to Charlottesville.
Miss Martin who was with NE and who
was among the wounded. brought back
TO her brothers. at Waynesboro. At the
time Of the accident we could not tell
whether Pettaway, the baggage master,
Jumped from his Car or whether he went
to the door to look out and see what was
the matter, and was thrown out. I was
fortunate enough to have bought policy
of the End class in the Preferred Mutual
Association of New York from Mr. w. J,
Perry, 80 L will get 500 week which will
enable me to put {. man in my place at The
mill.
THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
There is much dispute about what
caused the accident. All the pa ssengers
that our representative saw claim that it
was caused by running at too high rate
of speed over a dangerous portion of the
road. We see that it is claimed fol-
the company that the engineer who was
filing his orders was only running at 8: